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vocational organization or united po litical action. The volumes of-anti-extortion legislatioir"we have doesn't se,em to touch the spot THE DAY BOOK I N. D. COCHRAN EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, BOO S. PEOIUA 1ST. CHICAGO. tlAj. Telonhnna editorial, Hm 5S3 ... ClfcbUtli Ion, Monroe 3S26 Subscription By Carrier in Chicago, 50 cents a Month. Entered as second-clans matter Apt 11 21; 1914, at the postofflce at Chicago, lit, under the Act of March 3, 1879. LET THERE BE MUCH PUBLIC ITY. The department of justice has inaugurated its investigations in "the big cities into the soaring prices of food, fuel and other necessities, spurred thereto by the outcry against the high cost of living. Does not the whole-matter resolve itself into the question: Is the pro ducer getting the benefit of the high prices? - This nation is still largely agricul tural. lt the' raisers of grains, xot ton and wool are making big profits on their labor the situation has fea tures far' from calamitous. If these raisers are paying exorbitant prices for what they must buy and are not cettine the apparently big profits, on what they raise there is nothing save. calamity in the situation. In considering the increasing cost of living we can closely approximate the increased pay of city worltmen. It is different in respect to the farm er. To get more, pay the latter must raise more or actually receive more for what he already raises. At the same time thefarmer feels the bur den of the high cost of living as se- riously as anybody. The crux of the federal investiga tion is the discovery of the parties who are finally getting the big prof its. We think lhat that will spur the producers on to applying the remedy, themselves, either through ANSWERING "YES" OR "NO." GoL Waters, who died in Kansas City recently, had practiced law longer than any other lawyer in Kansas City. He was admitted to the bar in Macomb, HL, before he was 21years old. Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer practicing in the same district then and Waters rode in the' same circuit with blm. Once Col. Waters retained his friend to help him in case. The opposing , lawyer demanded' one of their witnesses, should" answer a cer tain question with a direct "yes" or "no." Lincoln contended the question could not be answered in that way.' "There is no question on earth that can't benswered with a diJect 'yes' or no',-" declared the lawyer. "You take he stand for a moment and I'll show you," said Lincoln. The lawyer took the stand and Lincoln asked -him: "Have you quit beating your' wife?" The lawyer be came indignant and Xincoln repeat ed his question. The judge, laugh ing heartily, insisted the lawyer must answer. With the aid of Lincoln,. Waters wqp the case. WELCOME THE COB. And now cigars have joined the "higher price" procession and are going up. Which Is the first time on record. where the poor man coppers a bet. Corncob pipes are still selling for a nickel per. o--o M. T. DOME'S TRAVELOGUES Wisconsin boasts of having "the the only lake of its kind in the world. The water is slightly moist and the waves are divided by four, are flat and roll three feet below -the surface owing to the shore 'being' built ta close to the lake. o o We see T. R. is getting Fijity.